Clothes-drier.



C. W. SINGLETERRY.

CLOTHES DRIER.

' APPLICATION FILED NOV. 12. 1916. 1,269,01 2. Patented June 11, 1918.

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CLQTHES DRIER. APPLICATION FIILED NOV. I7. 1916.

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UNITED STATES PAT T oFFIcE.

canrnn W. SINGLETERRY, or DOWNERS enov'n ILLInoIs, ASSIGNOR or ONE-FOURTH v TO EDWARD D. SCHUTH AND ONE-FOURTH CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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WILLIAM F. SCI-IUTH, BOTH OF Patented June 11,1918.

Application filed November 17, 1916. Serial No. 131,815.

such as towels, clothing, and the like for,

ready drying which mechanism is, when not in use, collapsible into a very small space so as to be entirely out of the Way, the

scheme being tov locate the device in rooms,

or passageways ordinarily used for other purposes. J

Y The invention conslsts In a device capable of carrying out the foregoing objects, which,

can be very easily and cheaply made and installed, which is satisfactory in operation, and not readily liable to get out of order. 7 More in detail, the invention consists in the particular features and details of construction hereafter more fully set forth in the specification and claims.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar numerals indicate the same parts throughout the several views,

Figure'l 1s a perspective view offmechanism illustrating this invention in itspre ferred form, the same being in collapsed position in which it occupies a minimum of space and in which the clothes drying bars are substantially concealed from view, thus making the device unobjectionable for usein small apartments of the convertible type where every inch of space counts and attractiveness of appearance of things is of prime consideration. v

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device shownin Fig. 1, extended both vertically and horizontally and ready for use.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the device with the parts shown in the position of Fig. 1, the outer front plate being removed.

Fig. 4 is a changed position view of the parts of Fig. 3, the clothes hanging bars being extended for use as in Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a plan detail view on the line 5--5 of Fig. 4. v I

Fig. 6 is a sectional plan View on. the line 6-6 of Fig. 4. I

Generally speaking, the mechanism of this invention includes a vertically extensible case member 10, mounted on a stationary support 12, which may be the wall of the room, carrying a plurality of horizontally extensible and locatable clothes bars 14. The idea is to provide adjustment for the clothes bars 14 not only in a horizontal plane, but in any desired'position vertically between that shown in Fig. 4 and thatrshown in Fig. -2,;so that the operator may selectively adjust the bars 14 vertically either for convenience in hanging clothes thereon,-or with reference to a convenient drying device, the clothes bars 14 being, when not in-use, concealable inside of'the case InemberlO. v v

The stationary support or wall 12,. heretoforevreferred to, has rigidly attached to it by any suitable means a parallel plate 16 separated therefromby. a space 18 so that there is ample room therein for the location and operation of a. pair of sprocket chain gears 20 and 22,.having passing over them a sprocket chain 24. One of these gears,-.as 22, is operated by any suitable means, as for instance'a hand crank 26 and may be locked in any desired position by any suitable means, as for instance a slidable forked latch bar or catch 28 adapted to detachably engage any non-circular member, as for instance nut 80, rigidly connected to crank arm 26 and gear wheel 22. This latch member 28 is provided with a handle I 32 for-manipulation backward and forward by the hand of the operator through a suitable supporting housln 34.

The member 16, hereto ore referred to, ismadein channel-shaped form with flanges 16", as shown, extending-toward the support 12, thus, providing a protection for the gears 20 and 22, heretofore described.

The case-member 10, heretofore described, is made to fit and to slide over the member 16 between the position of Fig. 1 and that of Fig. 2, and for this purpose is provided at its lower portion-with a back plate36, rigidly secured to the side flanges 10 'ofthe member-.10. From this back plate 36 is provided a rigid connection member 38 rigidly secured by any suitable means, as

for instance bolt device 40, to the chain 24, heretofore described. "The result of this construction is that as the operator, after releasing-catch 28- rotates crank 26, he moves the chain 24 to positively move the member 10 a d a t d Pa s up o down, a d sired, to any'desired position, and that 011 reaching said position he can lock all the parts in that position through the obvious use of the latch 28.

Theupper portionofthe case member 10 is provided with a cap or hood device 42 of generally semi-circular horizontal crosssection extending, as shown, forwardly from the faceofmember 10. In the curved face 44 ofithis cap is cut a horizontally elongated slot 46 through which the clothes bars 14 proj ectin the manner shown in the drawings and .take bearing ontheir upper sides on a supportingrib 48. formed on the underside of theupper plate of the:hood 42,.whilethey take bearing on their undersides on the loweredge 50.0f the slot 46.

"Mounted inside of the hood 42 is a sus pending frame of peculiar ,form, in the case here illustrated made of wire on which loops 52.911 the inner ends of the clothes bars .14 .are adapted to slide. This frame is ,made up of an upper portion 54 [lying in the same horizontal plane as .the slot 4 6 heretofore described, and is provided in its central portion with a curved member 5.4? concentric with the curved front face 44.0fthe hood, as shown in detail inFig. '5, the result being that the clothes .bars -14 when movinglto extended position can move in.the arc of a circle horizontally along this member 54.

The frame also includes a horizontal -bar 56 extending transversely of .the member 10, .as .clearly shown in Fig. 3, so that when the device ,is collapsed the clothes bars 14 hang vertically, as shown in that figure. The two parts '54 and :56 of the frameare connected together by a vertical loop .58 adaptedto :b'e traversed :by .the loops 52 on theclothes bars -14 as .they are moved from the storage .nositionof Fig. 3 nside the case 10 up .to extended .position hown in Figs.;2 and 4. At .the juncture of portions 56 and .58 of the frame is an oii'set 60 referably extending vertically from momv er 5.6;to 58 sothat the suspended loops 52 cannot .move up this ofiset .60 except .by the hand manipulation of the operator, thus insuring the clothes .bars 14 staying inside the case 10 whenonce put there. The rloops 52,.andconsequently the clothes bars 14, are normally moved toward this member :60 by a suitable spring 62.

ltis obvious tram the drawings that the flange 10- on the left hand side of member 10 is .cut away sufliciently, as .clearly appears in Fig. l, to allow .the entrance :ofthe clothes 10.31 members 14 :into ,and out of the storage spaces-'64, which exists as shown in the drawings between the front .plate of the vertically movable member and the front plate 16 of thestationar-y member.

The bottom portion of the entrance way ,moved out in obvious manner byhand man1pulat10n.

;the .parts .in the position of Fig. 1.

the lower ends ofthe clothes-bars '14 onto-f the storage space, although they can be .Inoperation of the device the mechanism is installed in its desired position with all When the operator desires to do so, he manipulates latch 28 and crank 26 to raise-member '10-- and attached parts .to .any a desired position and secures it in place. Hethentakes hold of the clothes bar 14.at the leftofthe storagespace 64,as'.viewed in Fig. 3, swings its lowerend ,out past guard 66 and then moves its loop 52 up .frame portions 60 .and 58 to portion 54, and thence to curve :54 until he :has bar member 14 in desired -.position, preferably somewhere near that of bar member 114*, shown in Fig. 2. He .re-

peats this operation with the succeeding returns the mechanism to the position .of 5

Fig. -1. i

Having thusdescribed my invention,\what I claim as new and desire to secure .by Let ters Patent, is:

1. The combination of .a suitable hollow case adapted to receive through a suitable opening in one wall, a plurality of rigid clothes bars adapted to 'be moved from a position inthe case-to a .position outside the case .where they extend therefrom, and a 5 trackway mounted substantially inside the case engaged by the end portions of said clothestbars adapted to guide and control said clothes-bars in-all positions of their said movement.

2. In a device of .the class described, a generally vertical case provided with an elongated slot therein permitting the en trance of clothes :bars .therethrounrh, :a generally horizontal supporting member extendingacrosslthe interior of the caseadapted to receive and supportclothes bar members entering the case a plurality of clothes bar memberssuspendedlfrom said crossmem ber, means on the outer ends of said cross member preventing the free movement of the clothes bar members out of the case, and spring means within the case urging the slot and lie in a substantially vertical position inside the case, a cap or hood at the top of the case of approximately semi-air cular cross-section having in its outer vertical face an elongated slot within which the ends of clothes bar members may enter said hood, and a continuous supporting member for the clothes bar members extending transversely of the case to support the clothes bar members in the case, thence into the hood to retain the ends of the same clothes bar members inside the hood, the whole so shaped and arranged that the clothes bar members may be moved from suspended concealed position in the case to a position wherein they project from the hood in a plane at right angles to the general length of the case and are supported for clothes drying purposes, for the purposes set forth.

4. A track member and a plurality of clothes bar members slidably suspended upon the tracK member, said traoK member formed in two continuous parts lying at different horizontal levels its lower portion being adapted to suspend a plurality of clothes bar members in substantially a common vertical plane, and its upper portion being adapted to retain said clothes bar members in such a position that they radiate from substantially a common center at right angles to their first mentioned position, this in combination with means for supporting the clothes bar members in said radial position.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

CARTER W. SINGLETERRY.

Witnesses DWIGHT B. CHEEVER, M. S. Rosnnzwnre.

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